Men's Tennis

MEN'S TENNIS BOUNCES BACK WITH 4-0 WIN OVER ST. LOUIS BILLIKENS

Mar 10, 2010

San Antonio - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis team
bounced back from a rough weekend at the HEB Tournament of
Champions with a more than convincing win against St. Louis
University on Tuesday in a neutral site match.

The Islanders improve to 5-8 on the year while St. Louis is now
5-3 on the season.

Playing doubles first, TAMUCC easily won the point and taking an
early 1-0 lead. The brand new team of Andrew Maingot and Duje
Janjic made their mark early on, winning an 8-2 final as the first
team off the court. Alex Pavlov and Nathan Robinson also won their
match convincingly, taking an 8-4 win at the No. 2 doubles
spot.

"We got off to such a good start in doubles with the first match
to come off the court being Maingot and Janjic playing together for
the first time," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. 'I love the
energy and focus that Andrew and Duje had together, if they bring
that every match, they can be a very good team.

"They really gave us an early shot in the arm today with the way
they played."

In singles play, the Islanders won three matches to clinch the
win by a 4-0 final.

At No. 3 singles, Robert Raguz beat Chris Eriksson by a 6-2, 6-3
final, Janjic beat Drew Feder 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 5 position and
Robinson won against Dave Welkener by a 6-3, 6-1 final. In all but
one singles match, the Islanders won the first set to dominate
their opponent.

"We really challenged ourselves to bounce back hard after the
HEB and really compete just as hard as we possibly could today,"
said Moore. "I felt like every guy definitively did that and that
this team really grew.

"The character of a team is defined by the way it bounces back
and this team competed with a real special sense of purpose
today."

The Islanders play a non-conference match tomorrow against
Texas-Pan American tomorrow at Corpus Christi Country Club. Start
time is set for 12 PM.